Aung San Suu Kyi to attend Myanmar memorial for hero father
Myanmar has invited democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi to attend a ceremony to honour her father, the country's liberation hero General Aung San, a government official said. -- PHOTO: REUTERSYANGON - MYANMAR has invited democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi to attend a ceremony to honour her father, the country's liberation hero General Aung San, a government official said on Sunday.
The 66-year-old is expected to attend the annual Martyrs' Day events on July 19 for the first time in nine years following her release from house arrest soon after the nation's controversial election last November.
The Myanmar official said an invitation was sent to Dr Suu Kyi's Yangon home on Thursday, adding the Nobel Peace Prize winner was thought likely to agree to attend the ceremony held at the Yangon Martyrs' Mausoleum.
'Government officials, led by the Yangon mayor, will attend the ceremony in the morning,' he added.
A friend of Dr Suu Kyi confirmed she had received the invitation and told AFP she was planning to go to the event, which marks the assassination of her father and eight other independence leaders on July 19, 1947.
The official invitation comes in the same month that Dr Suu Kyi tested the boundaries of her freedom with her first trip outside Yangon. -- AFP